Billing
Switching Plans
Switching Plans What this article covers: Plan changes are scheduled for the next billing date where possible so campaigns do not accidentally create duplicate active subscriptions. Steps: 1. …
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Billing
Archive Mode
Archive Mode What this article covers: Archive mode keeps the account, content, media, and domain settings saved at a lower monthly price. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Billing. …
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Officeholder Mode
Officeholder Mode What this article covers: Officeholder mode is for candidates who win and want to shift from campaign mode to public official or officeholder positioning. Steps: 1. …
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Editing Your Homepage
Editing Your Homepage What this article covers: The homepage is assembled from guided campaign fields and enabled sections. There is no drag-and-drop page builder. Steps: 1. Start with …
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Adding Issues
Adding Issues What this article covers: Issues explain what the campaign wants visitors to understand first. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Website Sections or the Issues editor. 2. …
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Adding Endorsements
Adding Endorsements What this article covers: Endorsements can show public support when your campaign has permission to publish the endorsement. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Endorsements. 2. Enter …
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Adding Events
Adding Events What this article covers: Events help visitors find rallies, meet-and-greets, forums, volunteer shifts, and other public campaign activities. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Events. 2. Add …
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Choosing a Template
Choosing a Template What this article covers: Templates control design, spacing, colors, and section presentation. They do not delete or rewrite campaign content. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > …
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Template Demo Media and Preview Screenshots
Template Demo Media and Preview Screenshots What this article covers: Template previews use fictional demo content and preview screenshots so candidates can understand the design before choosing it. …
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Connecting a Custom Domain
Connecting a Custom Domain What this article covers: A custom domain lets visitors use your campaign-owned domain instead of the default PoliticalWin path URL. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard …
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Understanding DNS Records
Understanding DNS Records What this article covers: DNS records tell the internet where to send traffic for your domain. Steps: 1. Use TXT records to prove domain ownership …
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Updating Nameservers
Updating Nameservers What this article covers: Nameservers delegate DNS control for the whole domain. Use this method only when you understand the impact. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > …
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Understanding SSL Status
Understanding SSL Status What this article covers: SSL controls whether browsers can load your custom domain securely over https. Steps: 1. Verify the domain first. 2. Check the …
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Adding a Donation Link
Adding a Donation Link What this article covers: PoliticalWin does not process campaign donations. Your site links to the external contribution page your campaign already uses. Steps: 1. …
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Editing the Donation Banner
Editing the Donation Banner What this article covers: The homepage can include a donation banner with short campaign support copy and a clear external donation button. Steps: 1. …
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What is a political campaign website?
A political campaign website is the campaign's official place to explain who the candidate is, what office they are running for, what priorities they are focused on, and …
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Can I link to ActBlue or WinRed?
Yes. PoliticalWin donation buttons are designed to link to the fundraising platform the campaign already uses, including platforms such as ActBlue, WinRed, Anedot, RaiseTheMoney, or another external contribution …
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Does PoliticalWin process donations?
No. PoliticalWin is website software, not a campaign fundraising processor. Campaign donation buttons point to an external contribution URL chosen by the campaign. This keeps contribution processing, donor …
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Can I create a Spanish campaign website?
Yes. A Spanish plan lets a campaign publish a Spanish-language public website with the same guided PoliticalWin structure: candidate profile, issues, events, news, media, forms, donation link, and …
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Can I create an English and Spanish website?
Yes. The bilingual plan supports English and Spanish public pages with language routing, Spanish draft workflow, manual edits, glossary protection, and hreflang structure for search engines. Bilingual campaigns …
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Do I need design experience?
No. PoliticalWin is built for candidates and small campaign teams that need a professional campaign website without designing every page from scratch. You choose a campaign template, enter …
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Can I edit images and sections?
Yes. Campaign teams can upload candidate photos, logos, hero images, issue images, event images, news images, gallery media, and other campaign visuals from the dashboard. You can also …
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Is this drag-and-drop?
No. PoliticalWin intentionally avoids drag-and-drop page building. Campaign websites usually need clear, repeatable sections that stay readable on phones and remain consistent when templates change. PoliticalWin uses guided …
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Can I upload videos?
PoliticalWin supports campaign media and video-friendly workflows, but the best launch path is usually to host long videos on a dedicated platform such as YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook, Instagram, …
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Can I keep my site after election day?
Yes. Many campaigns want to keep a website available after election day for archived information, thank-you messaging, officeholder transition, future races, or public records. PoliticalWin supports post-election positioning …
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Can I use my own domain?
Yes. PoliticalWin can be used with a campaign-owned custom domain when the campaign is ready to publish publicly. The dashboard provides domain setup guidance, verification status, and DNS …
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How do I connect my domain?
Start in the dashboard by adding the campaign domain you want to use. PoliticalWin will show the verification and DNS records needed for the current domain setup method. …
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Does PoliticalWin provide legal advice?
No. PoliticalWin provides website fields, templates, publishing tools, and support for campaign website operations. It does not provide legal, campaign-finance, election-law, tax, accounting, compliance, or political strategy advice. …
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Can Republican, Democratic, and independent candidates use PoliticalWin?
Yes. PoliticalWin is built as campaign website software and can support Republican, Democratic, independent, nonpartisan, local, school board, judicial, municipal, county, state, and other campaign styles. Templates and …
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How do I get support?
Existing customers should open a support ticket from the dashboard so the request stays connected to the campaign account and can include category, priority, attachments, and replies. For …
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Getting Started
Getting Started What this article covers: Use this checklist when you first create a campaign account. The goal is to get from draft to a previewable website without …
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Understanding Your Completion Score
Understanding Your Completion Score What this article covers: The completion score measures practical launch readiness. It is a guide, not a legal or strategic guarantee. Steps: 1. Open …
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Avoiding Common Setup Mistakes
Avoiding Common Setup Mistakes What this article covers: Most launch delays come from missing content, incorrect domain entries, or unreviewed legal text. Steps: 1. Do not enter https:// …
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Setting Up Volunteer Forms
Setting Up Volunteer Forms What this article covers: Volunteer, contact, signup, yard sign, and event RSVP forms collect submissions inside the dashboard. Steps: 1. Open Website Sections and …
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Form Submission Email Notifications
Form Submission Email Notifications What this article covers: PoliticalWin can notify the campaign and platform owner when a public form submission is received, while still saving the submission …
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Exporting Form Submissions
Exporting Form Submissions What this article covers: CSV export lets the campaign work with volunteer, contact, signup, yard sign, and event RSVP submissions outside PoliticalWin. Steps: 1. Open …
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Adding Legal Disclaimer Text
Adding Legal Disclaimer Text What this article covers: Disclaimer fields make it easier to place campaign legal text consistently, but they are not legal advice. Steps: 1. Open …
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Uploading Candidate Photos
Uploading Candidate Photos What this article covers: Candidate photos help the site feel real and trustworthy. Upload clear images and add alt text for accessibility. Steps: 1. Open …
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Using Logos and Wordmarks
Using Logos and Wordmarks What this article covers: The campaign header can show an uploaded logo or a text wordmark such as Maria for Council. These controls keep …
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Homepage Hero Image and Layout
Homepage Hero Image and Layout What this article covers: The hero section is the large first section of the campaign homepage. PoliticalWin supports structured hero options without turning …
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Managing Campaign Photos and Gallery
Managing Campaign Photos and Gallery What this article covers: The homepage photo section is designed to stay clean while still letting campaigns maintain a larger public photo gallery. …
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Image Size and Alt Text
Image Size and Alt Text What this article covers: Good image handling improves speed, accessibility, and search quality. Steps: 1. Use clear JPG, PNG, or WebP images within …
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Publishing Your Site
Publishing Your Site What this article covers: Publishing makes the campaign site public. Draft and archived sites should generally stay noindex. Steps: 1. Complete required profile, issue, donation, …
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Using the Spanish Site
Using the Spanish Site What this article covers: Bilingual plans can publish Spanish pages under /es/. English-only plans do not expose Spanish pages. Steps: 1. Choose or switch …
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Reviewing AI Translations
Reviewing AI Translations What this article covers: Translation review keeps Spanish pages from publishing rough drafts or half-reviewed legal language. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Spanish Site. 2. …
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Opening a Support Ticket
Opening a Support Ticket What this article covers: Support tickets keep requests organized with category, priority, replies, attachments, and status. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Support or use …
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Checking Ticket Status
Checking Ticket Status What this article covers: Ticket statuses show who needs to act next. Steps: 1. Open Dashboard > Support. 2. Review each ticket's status and priority. …
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